Unit 12- Prefixes of location and medication administration

Question 1

inspiration

Answer 1

breathing in

Question 2

expiration

Answer 2

breathing out

Question 3

in-

Answer 3

in, into, within, not*

Question 4

incompatible

Answer 4

do not mix well with each other

Question 5

incompetence

Answer 5

not able to perform function

Question 6

incontinence

Answer 6

lack of bowel control

Question 7

insane

Answer 7

not sane

Question 8

insomnia

Answer 8

not able to sleep

Question 9

incoherent

Answer 9

not coherent

Question 10

incise

Answer 10

to cut into

Question 11

excise

Answer 11

to cut out/remove

Question 12

inflammation

Answer 12

means to set on fire

redness, swelling, pain, and heat

Question 13

inject

Answer 13

introduce a substance into the body (usually through a needle)

Question 14

infusion

Answer 14

introduction into something

IV

Question 15

infiltration

Answer 15

permeation or penetration of a dissolved substance into a tissue
happens when lidocaine numbs an area before surgery or when IV slips into vein and solution seeps into surrounding tissues

Question 16

instillation

Answer 16

putting medicated drops into eye or body cavity

Question 17

insemination

Answer 17

placing sperm into opening of cervix

Question 18

mal-

Answer 18

bad or poor

Question 19

malodorous

Answer 19

having a bad odor

Question 20

malaise

Answer 20

general feeling of illness or feeling poorly

Question 21

malformation

Answer 21

poorly formed

Question 22

malnutrition

Answer 22

poor nutrition

Question 23

malabsorption

Answer 23

poor absorption

Question 24

-orexia

Answer 24

appetite

Question 25

anorexia nervosa

Answer 25

obsessed about being thin, and severely limits his or her food intake

Question 26

anorexia

Answer 26

loss of appetite | can be caused by ulcers or cancer

Question 27

cachexia

Answer 27

unhealthy loss of weight because of chronic illness | wasting away due to illness and anorexia

Question 28

bulimia

Answer 28

overeating and then taking laxatives or forcing self to vomit to purge stomach of food

Question 29

malari/o

Answer 29

malaria | means "bad air"

Question 30

uni-

Answer 30

one

Question 31

bi-

Answer 31

two

Question 32

tri-

Answer 32

three

Question 33

triceps

Answer 33

three heads

Question 34

tricuspid

Answer 34

three cusps

Question 35

trigeminal

Answer 35

three branches

Question 36

furco-

Answer 36

branching or dividing

Question 37

bifurcate

Answer 37

divide into two branches

Question 38

uniovular

Answer 38

pertaining to twins who develop from one ovum

Question 39

universal

Answer 39

combined into one whole

Question 40

lateral

Answer 40

pertaining to the side

Question 41

unilateral

Answer 41

one side

Question 42

bilateral

Answer 42

two sides

Question 43

trilateral

Answer 43

three sides

Question 44

multi-

Answer 44

many

Question 45

hermaphrodite

Answer 45

person with both male and female genitals

Question 46

semi-, hemi-

Answer 46

half

Question 47

hemicardia

Answer 47

half a heart

Question 48

hemigastrectomy

Answer 48

removal of half the stomach

Question 49

hemiplegia, hemiparalysis

Answer 49

paralysis of half the body (on one side)

Question 50

paraplegia

Answer 50

paralysis of the lower half of the body

Question 51

semicomatose

Answer 51

half comatose

Question 52

hemianesthesia

Answer 52

anesthesia of half the body

Question 53

genit/o

Answer 53

beginning or formation; genitals

Question 54

con-

Answer 54

with

Question 55

congenital

Answer 55

born with

Question 56

hydrophthalmos

Answer 56

incraesed fluid pressure condition of the eye

Question 57

consanguinity

Answer 57

with blood; blood relationship | common ancestor

Question 58

sanguin/o

Answer 58

blood

Question 59

sanguinous, sanguineous

Answer 59

bloody

Question 60

dis-

Answer 60

to free of, to separate, to undo

Question 61

disease

Answer 61

free of ease

Question 62

dissect

Answer 62

to cut a tissue or undo it into parts for purposes of study

Question 63

disinfect

Answer 63

to free of infective agents

Question 64

disassociate

Answer 64

to free of association

Question 65

dys-

Answer 65

difficult or painful

Question 66

post-

Answer 66

behind, after

Question 67

ante-

Answer 67

before, forward

Question 68

pre-

Answer 68

before, in front of

Question 69

postprandial (pp)

Answer 69

after meals

Question 70

postcibal (pc)

Answer 70

after food

Question 71

postglucose (pg)

Answer 71

after ingesting glucose

Question 72

postesophageal

Answer 72

behind the esophagus

Question 73

postmenopausal

Answer 73

after menopause

Question 74

preanesthetic

Answer 74

before anesthesia

Question 75

prehyoid

Answer 75

in front of the hyoid bone

Question 76

antepyretic

Answer 76

before the fever

Question 77

anteflexion

Answer 77

forward bending

Question 78

perinatal

Answer 78

pertaining to events around birth

Question 79

natal

Answer 79

birth (baby)

Question 80

postnatal

Answer 80

after birth

Question 81

prenatal, antenatal

Answer 81

before birth

Question 82

febrile

Answer 82

pertaining to fever

Question 83

postfebrile

Answer 83

pertaining to after a fever

Question 84

antefebrile

Answer 84

pertaining to before a fever

Question 85

partum

Answer 85

delivery (mother)

Question 86

postcoital

Answer 86

after coitus (intercourse)

Question 87

postpartum

Answer 87

after delivery (mother)

Question 88

postnatal

Answer 88

after delivery (baby)

Question 89

prescribe

Answer 89

write before you can take

Question 90

premature

Answer 90

before maturity

Question 91

anteversion

Answer 91

turning forward

Question 92

antepartum

Answer 92

before delivery

Question 93

anteposition

Answer 93

position in front

Question 94

mortem

Answer 94

death

Question 95

postmortem

Answer 95

after death

Question 96

antemortem

Answer 96

before death

Question 97

mortality

Answer 97

death rate

Question 98

morbidity

Answer 98

rate of occurrence of diseases

Question 99

intra

Answer 99

within

Question 100

intralumbar

Answer 100

within the lumbar region

Question 101

intracystic

Answer 101

within the bladder

Question 102

intradermal

Answer 102

within the skin